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Hello, I have just joined the forum. I own a '99 1.8 156. My wife drives it mostly. Has 120k miles on the clock. I had it from new as a company car then bought it off the lease company at 80K miles. If I had bought it secondhand from a garage I would have been back to "sort out" the salesman for selling me a pile. Best story to date was one day my wife opened the drivers door and it fell off! The top hinge pulled a big piece out of the door frame where it was welded on, and then the bottom hinge broke under the strain. A mechanic friend of mine fixed it to perfection but told me he had to fit and remove the door 13 times to get the door, hinge and locks all lined up. Has anybody else had this experience??

10-03-2008	#1 (Post Link)
Case580f Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Member car: Alfa 156 1.8TS	Hello from new member Hello, I have just joined the forum. I own a '99 1.8 156. My wife drives it mostly. Has 120k miles on the clock. I had it from new as a company car then bought it off the lease company at 80K miles. If I had bought it secondhand from a garage I would have been back to "sort out" the salesman for selling me a pile. Best story to date was one day my wife opened the drivers door and it fell off! The top hinge pulled a big piece out of the door frame where it was welded on, and then the bottom hinge broke under the strain. A mechanic friend of mine fixed it to perfection but told me he had to fit and remove the door 13 times to get the door, hinge and locks all lined up. Has anybody else had this experience??